Indoor dog exercise unit

[GAL001]

Hi all, don't post much on this section but would like some opinions please, would any dog owners pay to use an indoor area where you could exercise your dogs in private, not always easy getting them out in the rain and with the alleged heat wave coming that's another problem.
Wouldn't be just for dogs mind, could run your cat off lol!
All opinions welcome.
Thanks,

Gary

[GAL001]

Wow, no replies, not even slating it lol, oh well back to cars!

[riosyd]

Ok, if I took my dogs to an indoor exercise area they would quite enjoy it but would still expect a decent walk afterwards! They are out in all weathers and so am I - maybe golden retrievers are not the ideal dogs for exercising indoors

[jackthelad1984]

I certainly would if it was fairly local, I normally take my gsd and yorkie up the moors, or down by a river but as the gsd is a long hair and likes the water and mud he can get quite filthy and takes an age to fully dry out! Also in the summer he struggles with the heat so would be a benefit if I could walk him somewhere cooler on a hot day, and dry when it's Pissing down.

[KFC]

GAL001 said:

Hi all, don't post much on this section but would like some opinions please, would any dog owners pay to use an indoor area where you could exercise your dogs in private, not always easy getting them out in the rain and with the alleged heat wave coming that's another problem.
Wouldn't be just for dogs mind, could run your cat off lol!
All opinions welcome.
Thanks,

Gary

In the UK, sure I'd love to use one - I just don't really see it being viable from the biz owners point of view. There is only so far you could realistically travel to use it - I can't imagine driving half an hour each way to use a doggy play park... I'd just suffer the rain or wait on it going off.

Depending on the building it might be pretty expensive to keep cool in the heat, and warm in the winter?

You'd also need to be pretty strict as far as unsociable dogs go - people are going to quickly avoid it if there are incidents of dogs getting in fights with each other etc.

[Jasandjules]

Are you talking about each owner having it privately? How large? What surface?

[KFC]

Jasandjules said:

Are you talking about each owner having it privately? How large? What surface?

I don't see how that could possibly be viable? I'm assuming you'd need to have staff on hand rather than it unsupervised... would you be willing to pay £15+ an hour to run around an indoor area? I wouldn't.

[HumbleJim]

Part of the pleasure of dog ownership (for me) is to be out and about, across the local farm land in all weathers.

So not for me.

[Bit of a Unit]

We have several dog day care centres around us that are hugely popular but as has been said the outdoor walks is a bid attraction of dog ownership for most.

20 mins in the car to the local reservoir, a scenic walk and a pint half way round or to a big indoor warehouse full of yapping hounds? Will it be licensed?

Look into daycare far more profitable I would've thought.

[Jasandjules]

KFC said:

I don't see how that could possibly be viable? I'm assuming you'd need to have staff on hand rather than it unsupervised... would you be willing to pay £15+ an hour to run around an indoor area? I wouldn't.

Me no I wouldn't use any indoor things for my dogs.

If we get wet on a walk then they get dried off. And feet bathed in winter.